Louis Gossett Jr.
Biography
Louis Gossett Jr. (born May 27, 1936 - March 29, 2024) was an American film and television actor, best known for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the movie "An Officer and a Gentleman" and as Fiddler in the television miniseries "Roots". He has won an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards in an acting career that spans over five decades.
Gender
Male
Birthday
27 May, 1936 (89 years old)
Acting
2024
IF
2022
Sidney
2022
Three Months
2021
Not to Forget
2021
I Forgive
2020
The Reason
2020
The Cuban
2019
Foster Boy
2019
Supervized
2018
Breaking Brooklyn
2017
Undercover Grandpa
2017
King of the Dancehall
2015
Boiling Pot
2015
The Book of Negroes
2014
The Dependables
2014
A Fighting Man
2012
Smitty
2011
Dog Jack
2011
The Grace Card
2007
Cover
2007
Daddy's Little Girls
2005
Left Behind: World at War
2003
Jasper, Texas
2003
Momentum
2000
The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence
1999
Y2K
1998
The Inspectors
1998
Legend of the Mummy
1996
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
1995
Iron Eagle on the Attack
1995
Zooman
1994
Flashfire
1994
A Good Man in Africa
1993
Monolith
1993
Father & Son: Dangerous Relations
1992
Diggstown
1991
Keeper of the City
1991
Carolina Skeletons
1991
The Josephine Baker Story
1991
Cover-Up
1990
El Diablo
1989
The Punisher
1988
Roots: The Gift
1988
Iron Eagle II
1987
The Principal
1987
A Gathering of Old Men
1986
Firewalker
1986
Iron Eagle
1985
Enemy Mine
1984
Finders Keepers
1983
Jaws 3-D
1982
An Officer and a Gentleman
1979
The Lazarus Syndrome
1977
The Choirboys
1977
The Deep
1976
J.D.'s Revenge
1976
The River Niger
1974
The White Dawn
1973
The Laughing Policeman
1972
Travels with My Aunt
1971
Skin Game
1970
The Landlord
1961
A Raisin in the Sun